So? well, it's basically a nail polish remover. There's no rocket science to it, nor was I worrying whether it would break me out ala face products. Those that know me, will know that my nails have always been very strong and they grow healthily at rocket speed.

I initially LOVED this. It made my nails feel strong, it did a marvelous job at removing the polish and best of all, it didn't have the strong acetone smell that Cutex may have. After several uses I felt my nails began to weaken, I put that down to my poor diet. Maybe I wasn't eating the right stuff? maybe my nails were just going through a phase? Regardless, I carried on using it.

As you can imagine, being a beauty junkie I change my nail colour about 2 times a week. Not only did my nails feel weak, I also began to notice that my nails were bending, chipping and most of all, peeling! Below is a picture, it's pretty gross but it looks far worse in real life. I noticed the top layers of my nails were peeling off AND my nails had stopped growing.

My nails began to feel sore and since these pictures (taken about 5 days ago) my nails have snapped off, YES snapped off. In fact one of my fingers snapped of so much that it hurts, the under flesh of the skin is showing and no surprise, it started to bleed.

It may just be me, but this is just a little warning, I wish I was told before I bought this. I learned the hard way. Back to Cutex it is....

Hmmmm im not entirely convinced your flaky nails are soley down to the polish remover...

As well as diet, exercise etc do you use a good quality base coat? I think you should try OPI nail envy as it has done wonders for my nails and try a hair, skin and nails supplement. There are tons of good ones.....if you want advice on what one to get I can help you as I have tried most of them :P xo

Gosh, I didn't even consider that it could be the nail polish remover that I use. I also didn't think it was my diet. I thought it was my medications. However, now that I think about it - this happens to my nails on and off - not all th etime, and I've been on my meds for months and months now. And sometimes I get in the mood, where I do my nails twice a week and then I'll have weeks where I don't. I now am wondering if it does have something to do with the remover that I've been using! thanks for sharing...

I have once used a herbal based nail polish remover that I got from Sasa. It is very nourishing to my nails and gives them a healthy color. I think the best kind of nail polish remover is the one that contains the least chemicals. Although I had to stop using it because of the smell (really weird vanilla-like scent), I am always looking out for better natral removers.

i'm glad i read this because im using the strengthening version on this remover and it isnt doing any good and i just assumed it was because my nails were in really bad condition but maybe not. i'll be buying a new one now :)

omg! i hope your nails recover soon! Cutex is pretty good but i'm also really liking the Zoya nail polish remover, i'm not sure where you can buy it but my sister got it from a beauty expo that she went to, good stuff! :)

I love change my nail colour too. But i 'm lazy to remove it. Luckily, i found a nail basecoat from neko. i have used it about 3-4 weeks and it is good to say bye with nail remover. Here is her blog : http://nekodot.jp/nail/7865/Also, it is write in cantonese.(maybe you need to translate that.)

omg, i got the same nail polish remover and my nails were peeling a bit too. i always thought maybe my nails were getting weak by constantly having nail polish on it. but now i know the real reason. thanks for sharing. :) hope your nails get better soon.

oh dear I'm glad you've written about this. I normally used a superdrug branded nail polish remover n that was fine, Used this sally hansen one a few times and omg my nails were so so dry and flaky. (i generally have very strong nails which harldy ever break and they grow rather long too). i really do hate this nail polish remover as it was just horrible on my nails.

Everyone is freaking out about this lol. My nails have been like this my whole life, and I don't use any removers. It's not painful, never has been. My nails brake in the corners all of the time. none of them have ever grown very long. They only grow a tiny bit past the tip of my finger. Is it extremely annoying and frustrating? Yes. Is it a huge medical concern? No.